 19th June 2015 | ||
| Our pick of today's science stories Kennewick Man. The genome of a famous 8,500-year-old North American skeleton shows that he is closely related to Native American tribes. The finding seems set to rekindle a legal dispute between the tribes and the researchers who want to keep studying the skeleton. (Nature news story; Nature paper) Ivory crush. Public destruction of seized ivory stockpiles is in vogue – but such actions risk wiping out DNA evidence that could be used to identify poaching hotspots. (New Scientist; Science paper) First light. Astronomers think they may have seen glimpses of the very first generation of stars that were born out of the primordial material form the Big Bang. (Nature news story; arXiv paper) Neural net dreams. Google's image-recognition robots have trippy dreams. (The Independent; Google Research blog) Going underground. Injecting wastewater into underground wells has caused a rash of earthquakes in the central United States. (Nature news story; Science paper; Science Advances paper) Church and science. Why the Pope's letter on climate change maters. (Nature news story) Southpaw. Most kangaroos are left-handed. (BBC; Current Biology paper) Today's good read On the Run, an ethnographic study of a black neighbourhood in Philadelphia, received nearly universal acclaim upon its publication. But it's since come under fire for inconsistencies and inaccuracies. Is the author to blame — or does the fault lie with her field? Read more: The ethics of ethnography on Slate. For more daily science news, check in at www.nature.com/news; @NatureNews on Twitter; or on our Facebook page. This newsletter is new and evolving — tell us what you think! Please send feedback to daily@nature.com. | ||
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